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Winona Health CFO Mike Allen discusses what it's like to be a small, independent provider when so many peers are deciding bigger is better. Allen was interviewed at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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The Healthcare Financial Management Association on Sunday released new guidelines aimed at improving provider communications with patients about paying for care.
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It's no surprise that collaboration between payers and providers will continue to increase as the launch of health insurance exchanges in October approaches. But sustaining that cooperation will require “physician champions” to work closely with payers and more simplified contracts...
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Minnesota leaders say their state is well positioned for healthcare reform's focus on new payment models, ramped-up quality reporting and collaborative approaches to care.
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The ­Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association provides liability insurance to doctors, nurses and hospitals unable to get it anywhere else. An examination of Minn. Department of Commerce records and court documents has found that the group has spent at least $32 million over the last decade to...
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This winter, Dr. Richard Golden decided to stop putting off knee surgery and signed up for a new program through Edina, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics. Golden was quoted an upfront price of $21,000 that covered the entire operation — including surgery, medication, post-op recovery and...
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The Mayo Clinic has big plans to join other top-flight medical centers in an expensive fight for well-heeled patients, but it faces a problem: Its sleepy hometown needs a face-lift.
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A Minnesota hospital apologized Wednesday for mishandling a stillborn baby whose body was found in linens that had been sent to an off-site laundry service.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials. Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft said in a statement that the health system...
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Revenue-cycle management companies face new headaches as they assume more responsibility for the privacy and data security of the protected health information they handle.
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